8/31/09 – Latin Business Chronicle – A New Low for Rafael Correa – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa sinks to new levels after being linked to a bribe scandal

“A New Low for Rafael Correa”
Latin Business Chronicle, August 31, 2009
“Rafael Correa, the angry leftist who runs Ecuador, has sunk to a new low. Over the weekend, he threatened to close the leading independent TV station in the country, Teleamazonas, because it recently revealed damaging information about changes to the constitution. Then today Chevron reveals that Correa is not only pressuring an Ecuadorian judge to rule against the U.S. oil firm in an environmental lawsuit, but also plans to reap personal monetary benefits from the verdict.”
Read more »